We know we can't solve our kids’ problems, as much as we’d like to.
But we can tell stories that inspire them to work hard and make better choices. Here's how: this is a guide to telling honest stories about your worst mistakes, biggest wins, and all the lessons in between.
The document provides guidance for recovering parents to raise happy and resilient children. It discusses 3 things parents can do: 1) take care of their own self-care needs through activities like meetings, exercise, and relaxation; 2) build a supportive community for their children through family meals and shared fun activities; and 3) use problem-solving strategies like stopping to remain calm, defining the problem, considering options and consequences, and evaluating outcomes when issues arise with children. The overall message is that parents should prioritize their own well-being, cultivate social support systems, and address problems constructively to help their children thrive.
10 Ways to Evict Creative Block from Your HeadHEROfarm
Need some ideas but can't think of anything, right? You believe you aren't the creative type so you spend your time looking at the wall, growing more frustrated by the second. So, you find yourself here browsing Slideshare in the hopes of sparking something...anything...that will get you over the hump.
Consider the hump paved. Here are 10 ways to bust through that blank wall blocking you from reaching those ideas on the other side and kick unimaginativeness to the curb.
Is there place for personal values within leadership?Power2Progress
This document discusses the importance of personal values in leadership. It argues that retaining one's own values can improve both your career and organization by serving as a role model to others and gaining employee trust. The document provides tips for leaders to get closer to their values, such as identifying what they stand for through self-assessment, prioritizing values, and behaving authentically and with integrity. Finally, it stresses the importance of respecting others' values as well to avoid pushing one's own views onto employees or clients.
The document discusses parenting challenges faced by adoptive parents, specifically when helping a child who seems unable to change problematic behaviors. It provides advice and perspectives to help parents in such difficult situations, including celebrating small victories, separating your identity from your child's, focusing on positive interactions, and remembering the concrete ways bringing the child home has already helped them, even if further help seems impossible. The overall message is one of hope - that keeping love and effort focused on the child can make a difference, even if problems are not fully solved.
Getting to the root of difficult behaviorsWilliam Sharp
Talk for Wheelock College's Alumni Symposium March 2014. Talking about relationships, social media, and how to deal with difficult behaviors- from kids, partners, etc.
This document discusses discipline strategies for children with autism and why common strategies like spanking, time outs, removing privileges, and yelling often don't work for children with autism. It recommends using positive language and modeling to teach appropriate behaviors, focusing on catching the child being good, making rules visual, finding alternatives to problem behaviors, seeking support, and maintaining consistency between caregivers.
The document discusses research into the emotional roles that mothers see as important in their relationship with their children. It identified 8 key roles: carer, coach, safe house, fan, partner in crime, friend, rule breaker, and hero. The research found that while mothers spend most time on caretaking tasks, they desire to spend more time in roles like partner in crime and fan that allow for more fun and spontaneity. Mothers see their role as being about the meaningful relationship with their kids rather than just tasks. The document calls on brands to support mothers in the roles they value rather than just seeing motherhood as a job defined by functionality.
The document provides guidance for recovering parents to raise happy and resilient children. It discusses 3 things parents can do: 1) take care of their own self-care needs through activities like meetings, exercise, and relaxation; 2) build a supportive community for their children through family meals and shared fun activities; and 3) use problem-solving strategies like stopping to remain calm, defining the problem, considering options and consequences, and evaluating outcomes when issues arise with children. The overall message is that parents should prioritize their own well-being, cultivate social support systems, and address problems constructively to help their children thrive.
10 Ways to Evict Creative Block from Your HeadHEROfarm
Need some ideas but can't think of anything, right? You believe you aren't the creative type so you spend your time looking at the wall, growing more frustrated by the second. So, you find yourself here browsing Slideshare in the hopes of sparking something...anything...that will get you over the hump.
Consider the hump paved. Here are 10 ways to bust through that blank wall blocking you from reaching those ideas on the other side and kick unimaginativeness to the curb.
Is there place for personal values within leadership?Power2Progress
This document discusses the importance of personal values in leadership. It argues that retaining one's own values can improve both your career and organization by serving as a role model to others and gaining employee trust. The document provides tips for leaders to get closer to their values, such as identifying what they stand for through self-assessment, prioritizing values, and behaving authentically and with integrity. Finally, it stresses the importance of respecting others' values as well to avoid pushing one's own views onto employees or clients.
The document discusses parenting challenges faced by adoptive parents, specifically when helping a child who seems unable to change problematic behaviors. It provides advice and perspectives to help parents in such difficult situations, including celebrating small victories, separating your identity from your child's, focusing on positive interactions, and remembering the concrete ways bringing the child home has already helped them, even if further help seems impossible. The overall message is one of hope - that keeping love and effort focused on the child can make a difference, even if problems are not fully solved.
Getting to the root of difficult behaviorsWilliam Sharp
Talk for Wheelock College's Alumni Symposium March 2014. Talking about relationships, social media, and how to deal with difficult behaviors- from kids, partners, etc.
This document discusses discipline strategies for children with autism and why common strategies like spanking, time outs, removing privileges, and yelling often don't work for children with autism. It recommends using positive language and modeling to teach appropriate behaviors, focusing on catching the child being good, making rules visual, finding alternatives to problem behaviors, seeking support, and maintaining consistency between caregivers.
The document discusses research into the emotional roles that mothers see as important in their relationship with their children. It identified 8 key roles: carer, coach, safe house, fan, partner in crime, friend, rule breaker, and hero. The research found that while mothers spend most time on caretaking tasks, they desire to spend more time in roles like partner in crime and fan that allow for more fun and spontaneity. Mothers see their role as being about the meaningful relationship with their kids rather than just tasks. The document calls on brands to support mothers in the roles they value rather than just seeing motherhood as a job defined by functionality.
Cariño Early Childhood TTAP at UNM Continuing Education 4th Quarter 2015-2016...UNM Continuing Education
Quarterly newsletter from Cariño Early Childhood TTAP in New Mexico. Early Childhood training classes, tips, and information. Get the latest news from the Cariño program and the toy lending library.
Naître et grandir - Special Edition - Parenting tips from A to ZNaitre etgrandir
This document provides parenting tips and advice for issues faced by parents today. It discusses topics from A to Z, with 3 sentences or less summarizing each letter's topic. The document encourages parents to be informed about child development but not feel pressure to be perfect, as every child and relationship is unique. It emphasizes the importance of self-care for parents and accessing available resources for support when needed. The goal is to better understand children's behaviors and needs.
01introduction to the POWER of STORYYour story is wha.docxcroftsshanon
|01|introduction to the
POWER of STORY
“Your story is what you have,
what you will always have.
It is something to own.”
Michelle Obama,
from Becoming
POWER OF STORY | 2
Where We Are Going
We all do things unconsciously—we immediately find meaning in what we experience. But everyone creates meaning
differently and we do not create meaning in a vacuum. This means that factors like our personal dispositions, as well
as our cultural, familial, and economic circumstances, shape the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and about
how we see the world and our place in it. We’ve all heard that we’re a product of our environment. In this chapter, we
will examine which parts you want to take along with you on your college journey, and which no longer serve you and
may even threaten your success—however you define that.
To begin to understand how stories are shaped and shared, imagine the following scenario:
Gearing Up
» To begin to learn how we all automatically make meaning from the experiences we
have and how this meaning informs our personal narrative
» To begin to learn the foundation and origin of narrative coaching
» To be introduced to the Big Seven non-cognitive competencies and begin to
understand their essential role in student success (confidence, resilience, self-
advocacy, emotional intelligence, perseverance, self-control, and growth mindset)
» To be introduced to the re:MIND methodology
» To gain greater awareness of how narrative coaching supports common student
challenges by reading examples of student/coach conversations
Three students are walking to class. While they are walking, they are texting on their cell phones
and each of them trips over the same bump in the sidewalk and falls down in front of a crowd of
other students. They react as follows:
Student 1: Jumps up quickly, looking embarrassed. The student grabs their belongings
without looking up at or speaking to those who have come over to help. They rush away
quickly while looking on the verge of tears. The student is thinking, “OMG, THAT WAS SO
EMBARRASSING. Everyone was staring and I look like such an idiot. I am such a spasm;
why can’t I be more careful?!”
Student 2: Jumps up quickly and yells “TA DA!” while giving an over-the-top bow. The
student thanks the audience for their assistance, laughs, and says, “Wow, that bump came
out of nowhere!” They continue on to class, thinking, “I need to be more careful! I could
have hurt myself. I’m glad those other students were there to help me grab my papers
before they flew off into the wind.”
Student 3: Sits on the ground cursing the bump in the sidewalk, the school for not making
sure the bump was fixed, and luck for not being there. When people offer assistance, the
student glares and says they don’t need help, but they do want to know who is responsible
for the terrible conditions of the sidewalk. The student gets up but continues to grumble
about how terrible the s.
01introduction to the POWER of STORYYour story is wha.docxsmithhedwards48727
This document introduces narrative coaching as an approach to help students succeed in college. It discusses how personal narratives shape our experiences and outcomes. Narrative coaching examines a student's beliefs about themselves and what is possible to help them develop more empowering narratives. Research shows that narrative interventions using tools like "hero books" and "tree of life" exercises have led to improved academic performance and self-concept among students. The document outlines seven important non-cognitive competencies - confidence, resilience, self-advocacy, emotional intelligence, perseverance, self-control, and growth mindset - that are the focus of narrative coaching to support students in navigating challenges.
multifaceted 'truths' contact presents to children in care Community Care Fos...Helen Oakwater
How to Future Proof fostered (and adopted) children.
Recognising the negative beliefs they formed in a toxic or chaotic environment in infancy and see the need to reframe these events.
Accept contact via Facebook is inevitable and 100% truth telling in age appropriate way is necessary to protect child.
Please note the live presentation includes beliefs and behaviour through time, timelines and several diagrams on flip charts making the entire experience sensory and more engaging for the audience.
Helen always gets outstanding feedback and high ratings for her conference speeches at Community Care Conferences.
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This document discusses 10 keys to raising successful, happy, and confident children. It focuses on the importance of setting goals, catching children doing things right through specific praise, and using a praise-correct-praise approach when providing feedback. The author shares examples from their experience as a martial arts instructor working with thousands of children. They emphasize focusing on and rewarding positive behaviors to encourage more of those behaviors, rather than just correcting negative behaviors.
Many people need parenting tips for toddlers. Toddlers are at the age where they want to be independent but still need a lot of help. Toddlers are well known for having a tantrum no matter where they are at. It is best to encourage your child to listen very well and cooperate with you. Just by following these few simple steps you will have a much happier toddler and a much happier you.
Always show your toddler how much you love them, toddlers love the attention lot, lots of hugs and kisses and playtime reassure them how much they are loved. You want the positive attention to way out number the negative attention they get. And praising your toddler for what they do right will usually keep them wanting to follow the rules.
The document provides tips for parents on helping children overcome challenges like fears of school, aggression, anger issues, and illness. It discusses making the transition to school smooth by visiting the school beforehand and establishing predictable routines. It also offers strategies for stopping aggressive behavior in children, teaching anger management skills, and providing optimal nutrition to prevent sickness. The overall goal is to help children develop into healthy, well-adjusted individuals.
3 easy ways to develop your prosperity consciousness todayTrevor Emdon
This document provides 3 ways to develop prosperity consciousness:
1. Notice and appreciate the abundance already in your life like food, technology, and transportation.
2. Be nicer to yourself by recognizing everyone has insecurities and your uniqueness is valuable.
3. Spread happiness by smiling, complimenting, and appreciating others which costs nothing and makes you feel good too. Practicing these shifts your perspective to feeling prosperous and attracts more opportunities.
The document lists life lessons that children can teach adults through their simple and carefree perspectives. Some of the lessons mentioned are to stand up to stereotypes, conquer hardships fearlessly, recognize important moments in life, be spontaneous, don't hold back tears, learn to laugh, and show compassion to others. Overall, the document suggests that adults can lead more fulfilling lives by remembering basic lessons learned as children, such as living in the present and expressing emotions openly.
The letter is from Anya Vogel, a classroom teacher at The Small Yorktown educational practice, to Mr. Sulu regarding his daughter Mia. The practice focuses on social, emotional, and moral development through play, choice, and activities. Their goals include helping children learn communication and understanding emotions to solve problems. Activities range from individual to group work. The practice encourages using words instead of physical aggression to solve conflicts and build self-confidence. They ask questions to help children understand themselves and their families. The practice believes all forms of development are important to a child's growth.
Hurt comes in many forms and affects people of all ages, backgrounds, and identities. As children grow older, their hurts become more complex as they deal with social and emotional challenges rather than just physical pain. Explaining these types of hurts to children can be difficult, as they want to understand why others would treat them unfairly or hurt them without cause. While it is easier to fix children's physical hurts, helping them through social and emotional pain requires more time, patience, and guidance to teach them how to handle hurt in constructive ways.
Why Shortcuts Are A Incredibly Dangerous StrategyGeorge Hutton
http://mindpersuasion.com/kindle/
Everybody loves the idea of "one weird trick" that can get us what we want without any effort. But looking for shortcuts can be incredibly dangerous. Learn Why: http://mindpersuasion.com/kindle/
The document discusses setting limits with children using the Love and Logic approach. Some key points:
1) Parents should focus on self-care and see discipline methods as "experiments" rather than judge themselves on outcomes, as children's responses will vary.
2) Problems should be handed back to children through empathy and natural consequences rather than parents taking ownership.
3) Using "enforceable statements" about what is allowed rather than orders (e.g. "breakfast is served until 7:15") can help reduce power struggles.
4) Explicitly teaching expectations and having practice runs can help children understand routines better.
Set high but reasonable expectations for children and demand responsibility in a loving way. Children should be given age-appropriate tasks to help at home and learn the value of work. Parents must lead by example and avoid doing everything for their kids. While correcting mistakes gently, parents should not accept excuses and should teach children to take responsibility for their actions through reflection and making amends. Perseverance is important to instill good habits.
1) The document discusses how a kindergarten classroom teaches citizenship through defining positive behaviors, linking them to filling buckets in others, and running a simulated economy called "Holiday Factories" where students work and earn money.
2) The goal is for students to intrinsically motivated and learn skills like cooperation and responsibility that are needed for success outside the classroom.
3) Kindergarten aims to teach not just academics but also life skills through experiences that model real world situations.
Biography and career history of Bruno AmezcuaBruno Amezcua
Bruno Amezcua's entry into the film and visual arts world seemed predestined. His grandfather, a distinguished film editor from the 1950s through the 1970s, profoundly influenced him. This familial mentorship early on exposed him to the nuances of film production and a broad array of fine arts, igniting a lifelong passion for narrative creation. Over 15 years, Bruno has engaged in diverse projects showcasing his dedication to the arts.
Cariño Early Childhood TTAP at UNM Continuing Education 4th Quarter 2015-2016...UNM Continuing Education
Quarterly newsletter from Cariño Early Childhood TTAP in New Mexico. Early Childhood training classes, tips, and information. Get the latest news from the Cariño program and the toy lending library.
Naître et grandir - Special Edition - Parenting tips from A to ZNaitre etgrandir
This document provides parenting tips and advice for issues faced by parents today. It discusses topics from A to Z, with 3 sentences or less summarizing each letter's topic. The document encourages parents to be informed about child development but not feel pressure to be perfect, as every child and relationship is unique. It emphasizes the importance of self-care for parents and accessing available resources for support when needed. The goal is to better understand children's behaviors and needs.
01introduction to the POWER of STORYYour story is wha.docxcroftsshanon
|01|introduction to the
POWER of STORY
“Your story is what you have,
what you will always have.
It is something to own.”
Michelle Obama,
from Becoming
POWER OF STORY | 2
Where We Are Going
We all do things unconsciously—we immediately find meaning in what we experience. But everyone creates meaning
differently and we do not create meaning in a vacuum. This means that factors like our personal dispositions, as well
as our cultural, familial, and economic circumstances, shape the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and about
how we see the world and our place in it. We’ve all heard that we’re a product of our environment. In this chapter, we
will examine which parts you want to take along with you on your college journey, and which no longer serve you and
may even threaten your success—however you define that.
To begin to understand how stories are shaped and shared, imagine the following scenario:
Gearing Up
» To begin to learn how we all automatically make meaning from the experiences we
have and how this meaning informs our personal narrative
» To begin to learn the foundation and origin of narrative coaching
» To be introduced to the Big Seven non-cognitive competencies and begin to
understand their essential role in student success (confidence, resilience, self-
advocacy, emotional intelligence, perseverance, self-control, and growth mindset)
» To be introduced to the re:MIND methodology
» To gain greater awareness of how narrative coaching supports common student
challenges by reading examples of student/coach conversations
Three students are walking to class. While they are walking, they are texting on their cell phones
and each of them trips over the same bump in the sidewalk and falls down in front of a crowd of
other students. They react as follows:
Student 1: Jumps up quickly, looking embarrassed. The student grabs their belongings
without looking up at or speaking to those who have come over to help. They rush away
quickly while looking on the verge of tears. The student is thinking, “OMG, THAT WAS SO
EMBARRASSING. Everyone was staring and I look like such an idiot. I am such a spasm;
why can’t I be more careful?!”
Student 2: Jumps up quickly and yells “TA DA!” while giving an over-the-top bow. The
student thanks the audience for their assistance, laughs, and says, “Wow, that bump came
out of nowhere!” They continue on to class, thinking, “I need to be more careful! I could
have hurt myself. I’m glad those other students were there to help me grab my papers
before they flew off into the wind.”
Student 3: Sits on the ground cursing the bump in the sidewalk, the school for not making
sure the bump was fixed, and luck for not being there. When people offer assistance, the
student glares and says they don’t need help, but they do want to know who is responsible
for the terrible conditions of the sidewalk. The student gets up but continues to grumble
about how terrible the s.
01introduction to the POWER of STORYYour story is wha.docxsmithhedwards48727
This document introduces narrative coaching as an approach to help students succeed in college. It discusses how personal narratives shape our experiences and outcomes. Narrative coaching examines a student's beliefs about themselves and what is possible to help them develop more empowering narratives. Research shows that narrative interventions using tools like "hero books" and "tree of life" exercises have led to improved academic performance and self-concept among students. The document outlines seven important non-cognitive competencies - confidence, resilience, self-advocacy, emotional intelligence, perseverance, self-control, and growth mindset - that are the focus of narrative coaching to support students in navigating challenges.
multifaceted 'truths' contact presents to children in care Community Care Fos...Helen Oakwater
How to Future Proof fostered (and adopted) children.
Recognising the negative beliefs they formed in a toxic or chaotic environment in infancy and see the need to reframe these events.
Accept contact via Facebook is inevitable and 100% truth telling in age appropriate way is necessary to protect child.
Please note the live presentation includes beliefs and behaviour through time, timelines and several diagrams on flip charts making the entire experience sensory and more engaging for the audience.
Helen always gets outstanding feedback and high ratings for her conference speeches at Community Care Conferences.
Attention! Please Forget Everything You've Been Told About Potty Training In The Past...
Discover a Proven Method For Quickly & Easily Potty Training Even The Most Stubborn Child in a very short time...
This document discusses 10 keys to raising successful, happy, and confident children. It focuses on the importance of setting goals, catching children doing things right through specific praise, and using a praise-correct-praise approach when providing feedback. The author shares examples from their experience as a martial arts instructor working with thousands of children. They emphasize focusing on and rewarding positive behaviors to encourage more of those behaviors, rather than just correcting negative behaviors.
Many people need parenting tips for toddlers. Toddlers are at the age where they want to be independent but still need a lot of help. Toddlers are well known for having a tantrum no matter where they are at. It is best to encourage your child to listen very well and cooperate with you. Just by following these few simple steps you will have a much happier toddler and a much happier you.
Always show your toddler how much you love them, toddlers love the attention lot, lots of hugs and kisses and playtime reassure them how much they are loved. You want the positive attention to way out number the negative attention they get. And praising your toddler for what they do right will usually keep them wanting to follow the rules.
The document provides tips for parents on helping children overcome challenges like fears of school, aggression, anger issues, and illness. It discusses making the transition to school smooth by visiting the school beforehand and establishing predictable routines. It also offers strategies for stopping aggressive behavior in children, teaching anger management skills, and providing optimal nutrition to prevent sickness. The overall goal is to help children develop into healthy, well-adjusted individuals.
3 easy ways to develop your prosperity consciousness todayTrevor Emdon
This document provides 3 ways to develop prosperity consciousness:
1. Notice and appreciate the abundance already in your life like food, technology, and transportation.
2. Be nicer to yourself by recognizing everyone has insecurities and your uniqueness is valuable.
3. Spread happiness by smiling, complimenting, and appreciating others which costs nothing and makes you feel good too. Practicing these shifts your perspective to feeling prosperous and attracts more opportunities.
The document lists life lessons that children can teach adults through their simple and carefree perspectives. Some of the lessons mentioned are to stand up to stereotypes, conquer hardships fearlessly, recognize important moments in life, be spontaneous, don't hold back tears, learn to laugh, and show compassion to others. Overall, the document suggests that adults can lead more fulfilling lives by remembering basic lessons learned as children, such as living in the present and expressing emotions openly.
The letter is from Anya Vogel, a classroom teacher at The Small Yorktown educational practice, to Mr. Sulu regarding his daughter Mia. The practice focuses on social, emotional, and moral development through play, choice, and activities. Their goals include helping children learn communication and understanding emotions to solve problems. Activities range from individual to group work. The practice encourages using words instead of physical aggression to solve conflicts and build self-confidence. They ask questions to help children understand themselves and their families. The practice believes all forms of development are important to a child's growth.
Hurt comes in many forms and affects people of all ages, backgrounds, and identities. As children grow older, their hurts become more complex as they deal with social and emotional challenges rather than just physical pain. Explaining these types of hurts to children can be difficult, as they want to understand why others would treat them unfairly or hurt them without cause. While it is easier to fix children's physical hurts, helping them through social and emotional pain requires more time, patience, and guidance to teach them how to handle hurt in constructive ways.
Why Shortcuts Are A Incredibly Dangerous StrategyGeorge Hutton
http://mindpersuasion.com/kindle/
Everybody loves the idea of "one weird trick" that can get us what we want without any effort. But looking for shortcuts can be incredibly dangerous. Learn Why: http://mindpersuasion.com/kindle/
The document discusses setting limits with children using the Love and Logic approach. Some key points:
1) Parents should focus on self-care and see discipline methods as "experiments" rather than judge themselves on outcomes, as children's responses will vary.
2) Problems should be handed back to children through empathy and natural consequences rather than parents taking ownership.
3) Using "enforceable statements" about what is allowed rather than orders (e.g. "breakfast is served until 7:15") can help reduce power struggles.
4) Explicitly teaching expectations and having practice runs can help children understand routines better.
Set high but reasonable expectations for children and demand responsibility in a loving way. Children should be given age-appropriate tasks to help at home and learn the value of work. Parents must lead by example and avoid doing everything for their kids. While correcting mistakes gently, parents should not accept excuses and should teach children to take responsibility for their actions through reflection and making amends. Perseverance is important to instill good habits.
1) The document discusses how a kindergarten classroom teaches citizenship through defining positive behaviors, linking them to filling buckets in others, and running a simulated economy called "Holiday Factories" where students work and earn money.
2) The goal is for students to intrinsically motivated and learn skills like cooperation and responsibility that are needed for success outside the classroom.
3) Kindergarten aims to teach not just academics but also life skills through experiences that model real world situations.
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How To Raise Kids Who Share Your Values: A Guide to Telling Honest Stories
1. HOW TO RAISE
KIDS WHO SHARE
YOUR VALUESA guide to telling honest stories about
your worst mistakes, biggest wins,
and all the lessons in between
2. If you want to influence someone
to embrace a particular value
in their daily lives,
tell them a compelling story.
—Annette Simmons
3. As parents, we cannot protect our kids from
heartbreak and disappointment But we can
tell stories that prepare them to
MEET THE
CHALLENGES
OF THE WORLD.
4. We cannot solve our kids’ problems,
as much as we’d like to. But we can
TELL STORIESthat inspire them to work hard
and make better choices.
5. We cannot force our kids to adopt our values.
But we can tell stories that
INSPIRE THEMto act with fairness and integrity,
even when it is very tempting not to.
6. The problem is, most people don’t know how
to tell stories that kids will actually listen to and learn from.
Most parents deliver a lecture and think they’re telling a story.
But they’re not. So the lesson falls flat.
7. This is a problem, but fortunately,
it’s a problem with a simple solution.
LEARNHOWTOTELL
BETTERSTORIESOnce you understand the basic elements,
it’s simpler than you might think.
It’s also very exciting — and deeply rewarding.
9. When a research team at Duke University decided
to study values, this is what they found:
If you follow someone around for three weeks,
closely tracking their behaviour, you will see
their values clearly.
Your values are not what you “say” you care about.
Your values are what you actually do. (Behaviour.
Choices. Actions. Not words.)
11. Kids are incredibly gifted at sniffing out fraudulence and hypocrisy.
If you are trying to teach a value that you’re not living,
your kids will be able to tell.
12. Imagine that a secret camera crew is following you around
for 24 hours without your knowledge. Based on what they observe
as you go about your daily business,
WHICHVALUESwould they see you living most often?
14. If you want to tell stories that your kids will remember —
STORIESTHATWILL
INFLUENCETHEIR
DECISIONSstart by telling stories that express your core values.
15. What if there are certain values
that you are not currently living...
but that you really want to be living?
Can you teach those values
to your kids, somehow?
16. If “Patience” is a value you want to be living, for example,
but you’re not a particularly patient person, then you need
to re-architect your life so that you can become a more patient person.
Once you’re a few steps down the path, then you can tell stories
about what you’ve learned so far, what you’re still struggling with,
and what you’re going to do next.
18. Every great story ever told features someone in trouble.
Someone facing a challenge, a predicament, a real sticky situation.
You have to tell your kids stories about the things that went
wrong for you, and how you overcame those challenges,
even if the challenge is something as small as being late for a meeting.
CHALLENGE
19. We’re bombarded by so much input every second that we
literally can only process so much, and most of our attention goes
to the things that are out of the ordinary.
Your story will captivate and influence your kids if you include
a part where you did something they wouldn’t expect of you.
This “element of surprise” can be something as minor as ditching school
to go to the beach when you were a teenager, to something
as major as betraying a beloved friend.
SURPRISE
20. NOEMOTION?BORINGSTORY.
This doesn’t mean that you need to break down bawling
and sobbing every time you tell a story to your kids. It means that
you have to become an emotional archeologist: mining through
past experiences and then describing, honestly and openly,
how it felt back then, at that time, in the midst of that challenge.
EMOTION
21. Imagery is what makes a story stick. Without the right detail,
a story is heard once and then quickly dissipates. If you want your kids
to remember your stories and the lessons embedded in them,
add as much interesting visual detail as you can.
DETAIL
23. Nobody wants to be labeled a
“WORKAHOLIC.”But there is a big difference between bringing your “workload”
home with you — your documents, your spreadsheets,
your lengthy phone calls — and bringing your “work” home with you
— as in, your passion, your excitement, your ideas,
your projects, your cause.
24. The next time you sit down to have a meal after work
with your family, ask: “What was the toughest thing you had
to deal with today and what did you learn?” Then share
a story of your own. Use this story as an opportunity to
INSTILLONEOF
YOURCOREVALUES.
26. Always remember when telling stories to your children that
“getting it right” has very little to do with “getting the facts down.”
“Getting it right” means tapping into the
emotional core of the story and then sharing your feelings,
as you recall them, honestly and vulnerably.
28. It is impossible to live without
failing at something, unless you live
so cautiously that you might as well
not have lived at all – in which case,
you fail by default.
— J.K. Rowling
29. When you show your kids your flaws, you are giving them a
TREMENDOUSGIFT:The gift of knowing that failure is a natural part of life.
The gift of knowing that you are not perfect,
yet still worthy of admiration and respect.
30. Not because you always did everything “right.”
But because you have slipped, fallen, and still have the
GRITTOGETBACK
UPANDFIGHT.
32. Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, the youngest female billionaire
in the US, is often asked: “To what do you credit your success?”
She says that all throughout her childhood,
her father posed the same question to his family around the dinner table,
time and time again: “What have you failed at this week?”
33. If Sara had no failures to report, her father would give
her a disappointed look. No failure meant she hadn’t
really been trying to challenge herself.
ANDTHAT...WAS
THEREALFAILURE.
34. This is a prime example of how you can use a recurring
family experience — like dinner time, driving to ballet class,
bedtime, bath time, or a special experience like a vacation,
or holiday gathering — as an opportunity to reinforce core values,
over and over, but in new and fresh ways.
35. Try it yourself. Create a new family ritual. This can be
centered around a daily question that your kids come to expect and enjoy.
“What is one way you helped another person today?”
It can be a recurring story-game around
the Sunday night dinner table.
“WHATHAVEYOU
FAILEDATTHIS
WEEK?”
36. Or, if you’re traveling, far away from your kids,
try doing a nightly bedtime text (“Tell me about the toughest
moment of your day. What did you do?
WHATDID
YOULEARN?) WHAT
DID YOU
LEARN?
37. By creating daily or weekly
STORYTELLING
RITUALSstorytelling will become a part of your life — an automatic habit,
rather than something you have to “think” about or “remember” to do.
38. Don’t give your kids the sanitized “résumé” version of your life.
Don’t give them lectures or preach lessons that you are not living.
That’s not interesting, helpful, or satisfying.That won’t help
to instill your core values.
39. Instead, give your kids honest,
EMOTIONALSTORIESabout your worst mistakes, your biggest wins,
and all the lessons in between. Show them who you are,
how you got here, and what you stand for. Show them where
you are still struggling and striving to improve, too.
MIS-
TAKE
40. This is how you will raise kids who
share your values, who root for you, and who are equipped
to meet the world’s challenges
ANDSUCCEED.
42. SO, ER, WHERE ARE THE STORIES?
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but haven’t yet shared any!
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